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Alfred the Great; containing chapters on his life and times / by Frederic Harrison [and others] Also containing an introd. by Sir Walter Besant and a poem by the Poet Laureate. Edited, with pref., by Alfred Bowker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowker, Alfred, -1944, editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alfred, King of England, 849-899.
- Alfred.
- Great Britain--History--Alfred, 871-899.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 260 pages : illustrations, map, portrait ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Freeport, N.Y. : Books for Libraries Press, [1971]
- Contents:
- The spotless king, by A. Austin.
- Introduction, by Sir W. Besant.
- Alfred as king, by F. Harrison.
- Alfred as a religious man and an educationalist, by the Bishop of Bristol [G. F. Browne]
- Alfred as a warrior, by C. Oman.
- Alfred as a geographer, by Sir C. Markham.
- Alfred as a writer, by J. Earle.
- English law before the Norman conquest, by Sir F. Pollock.
- Alfred and the arts, by W. J. Loftie.
- Notes:
- Reprint of the 1899 ed.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0836957601
- OCLC:
- 147726
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